Cluster Munitions: Gains in Stockpile Destruction, Clearance
Click to expand Image A land art painting called "All of us!" by the artist Saype in front of the United Nations headquarters in Geneva installed during a meeting of the Convention on Cluster...
View ArticleIran: Crackdown on Dissent Ahead of Protest Anniversary
Click to expand Image Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, October 1, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Middle East Images (Beirut) –...
View ArticleUN: World Leaders Should Spotlight Global Crises
Click to expand Image UN member countries address the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, September 25, 2021. © 2021 Kena Betancur/Pool Photo via...
View ArticleAn Opportunity to Embrace a Human Rights Economy
Click to expand Image A group of girls at work in a field in Chitwan district, Nepal, March 3, 2020. © 2020 Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty Images Next week, a high-level summit will convene...
View ArticleEgypt: US to Provide Security Assistance Despite Repression
Click to expand Image US President Joe Biden speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, February 24, 2022. © 2022 AP Photo/Alex Brandon (Washington, DC, September 15, 2023) – The Biden...
View ArticleContinuing the Fight for Jailed Rights Defenders in Belarus
Click to expand Image Ales Bialiatski, the head of Belarusian Viasna rights group, centre, sits in a defendants' cage during a court session in Minsk, Belarus, January 5, 2023. © 2023 Vitaly...
View ArticleUN: World Leaders Should Spotlight Global Crises
Click to expand Image UN member countries address the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, September 25, 2021. © 2021 Kena Betancur/Pool Photo via...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Abuses Undercut Proposed ‘Truth Commission’
Click to expand Image Thagbsiwaran Sivaganawathy holds a photo of her daughter, Thageswaran Susanya, at a protest for relatives of the disappeared on May 13, 2019 in Mullaitivu, Sri Lanka. © 2019...
View ArticleCentral Asia/US: Put Rights At Heart of Talks
Click to expand Image Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubaev, Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Mukhtar...
View ArticleEU: Harmful ‘Prostitution’ Resolution Passes
Click to expand Image Sex workers wear masks while asking for the clubs where they work not to close, during an event on International Women's Day in Madrid, Spain, March 8, 2023. © 2023 Juan...
View ArticleNew UN Guidance on Children’s Rights and the Environment
Click to expand Image Children playing along the broken bank of the Shibsha River at Dakop Upazilla, Khulna, Bangladesh, August 26, 2023. © 2023 Piyas Biswas/ SOPA Images via AP Photo Today, the...
View ArticleColombia: Ensure Justice for Army Killings
(Washington, DC) – Colombian authorities should ensure independent and impartial investigations in cases of soldiers allegedly responsible for killing civilians during a military operation in March...
View ArticleAlgeria: Freedom of Association, Assembly Under Attack
An Algerian demonstrator holds the Algerian national flag as he stage a protest against the government in Algiers, Algeria, Friday, Nov.29, 2019. © 2019 AP Photo/Toufik Doudou HRW Contribution for...
View ArticleUN: World Leaders Should Spotlight Global Crises
Click to expand Image UN member countries address the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City, September 25, 2021. © 2021 Kena Betancur/Pool Photo via...
View ArticleUganda: Carry Out Treaty to Protect Everyone at Work
(Kampala) – Uganda should quickly adopt and put into effect a new law to protect everyone from violence and harassment, including sexual harassment, at work, Human Rights Watch said today. In a...
View ArticleCambodia: Dissident, Wife Brutally Assaulted
Click to expand Image Agriculture entrepreneur Nak Ny was arrested on December 11, 2020, after posting sarcastic comments on social media about then-Prime Minister Hun Sen’s remarks on declaring a...
View ArticleEurope’s Lack of New Ideas on Migration is the Real Crisis
Click to expand Image People sit on the ground in the overcrowded migrant reception center on Lampedusa, an Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea, September 16, 2023. © 2023 Cecilia Fabiano/LaPresse...
View ArticleEU Advances on Treaty to End Violence and Harassment at Work
Click to expand Image Protestors marching to demand the end of femicide and violence against women in Paris, France, November 23, 2019. © 2019 Christian Hartmann/Reuters In a long overdue step, on...
View ArticleGovernments Should Step Up on Public Health Care Spending
Click to expand Image Surgical Technicians wash their hands after exiting an operating room at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Massachusetts, US on April 22, 2022. © 2022 Erin Clark/The Boston...
View ArticleWoman’s Brutal Assault Highlights Police Failures in Kyrgyzstan
Click to expand Image Women march marking the International Women's Day in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, March 8, 2023. © 2023 Vladimir Voronin/AP Photo On Wednesday morning, Bermet (not her real name), a...
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